“ Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

“诸位父兄请听，我现在对你们分诉。”

“诸位父老弟兄，请听我现在对你们的申辩。”

“诸位父老弟兄，请听我现在对你们的申辩。”

“各位父老兄弟，请听我解释！”

“各位父老弟兄，请听听我现在对你们的申辩。”

“各位父老兄弟，现在请听我的申辩。”

「諸位父兄請聽，我現在對你們分訴。」

「諸位父老弟兄，請聽我現在對你們的申辯。」

「諸位父老弟兄，請聽我現在對你們的申辯。」

「各位父老兄弟，請聽我解釋！」

“各位父老弟兄，請聽聽我現在對你們的申辯。”

『同人、弟兄、父老們，請聽我如今對你們所分訴的。』

「各位父老兄弟，現在請聽我的申辯。」

曰、諸父兄弟、我今自訴於爾、請聽之、

曰、諸父兄弟、我今欲自訴、請聽我言、

曰、諸父兄弟、我今欲於爾前申訴、請聽我言、

『父老兄弟！聽予向爾分辨！』

“ Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.”

“ Brothers and fathers,” Paul began,“ listen to me now. I want to give you reasons for my actions.”

“ Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.”

“ Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said,“ listen to me as I offer my defense.”

“ Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

“ Brothers and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you.”

“ Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now.”

Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence[ which I make] now unto you.

“ Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”

“ Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”

“ Brothers and fathers,” he said,“ listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin,“ Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them:“ Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Then some of the crowd gave Alexander advice when the Jews pushed him to the front. So motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defense to the people.

Paul looked intently at the Sanhedrin and said,“ Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience until this day.”

but honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

When the governor motioned to him to speak, Paul replied:“ Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.

You have thought all along that we were defending ourselves to you. No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.

while Paul made the defense that,“ Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned at all.”

I answered them that it’s not the Romans’ custom to give any man up before the accused confronts the accusers face to face and has an opportunity to give a defense concerning the charges.

“ Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

My defense to those who examine me is this:

At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

the others proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely, seeking to cause me anxiety in my imprisonment.

It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart, and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and establishment of the gospel.

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

For consider how much diligence this very thing— this grieving as God wills— has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.

Agrippa said to Paul,“ It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:“ I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that today I am going to make a defense before you about everything I am accused of by the Jews,

Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.

As he was making his defense this way, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice,“ You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad!”